child's game vs spin the plate

spin the plate vs child's game

child's game and spin the plate both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
child's game	Yes	No	No	No
spin the plate	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, spin the plate is a hyponym of child's game; that is, spin the plate is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than child's game:

child's game: a game enjoyed by children
spin the plate: a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit

Other hyponyms of child's game include blindman's bluff, blindman's buff, cat and mouse, cat and rat, cat's cradle, hide-and-seek, hide and go seek, hopscotch, jacks, jackstones, knucklebones, jackstraws, spillikins, jump rope, leapfrog, marbles, mumble-the-peg, mumblety-peg, going to Jerusalem, musical chairs, bopeep, peekaboo, pillow fight, post office, spin the bottle, spin the platter, tag, tiddlywinks.

child's game (noun)	spin the plate (noun)
a game enjoyed by children	a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called; the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit

Difference between child's game and spin the plate

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